At 21 Feb 2008 00:58:04 -0600 Todd H. wrote:
>
> Just noticed an unpleasant bit on this month's statement:
>
> "Effective 3/30/08, AT&T will charge 20 cents for text/instant messags
> and 30cents for picture video messages sent or received on a pay per
> use basis."


Pleasant or unpleasant depends on your POV- this rate change will likely
result in an opt-out option for contract customers.

> The old rate for text was 15 cents.
>
> I'm curious is this a lower rate for picture/video though. This
> almost sounds semi reasonable.

T-Mo did something similar last year. They went from $0.10 for SMS (text)
and $0.25 for MMS (pixture/video) to a $0.15 "unified" messaging charge for
either SMS or MMS.
While I've never been much of a texter, $0.15 hit the spot where I'll
occasionally send a pic or video via MMS rather than screw around with
cabling a phone to my PC!